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County employee seeks $300,000 ordinance from perpetuation fund for 2026 uses
Summary
A county official named Debbie told commissioners she will seek an ordinance to allow $300,000 from a perpetuation fund for discretionary office expenses in 2026 and said the authorization must be in place before the end of the year.
A county official identified as Debbie asked Boone County commissioners to consider an ordinance that would authorize her office to use up to $300,000 from a perpetuation fund for certain expenditures in 2026.
Debbie said the request stems from a new law requiring that an ordinance be in place by the end of the year to allow the office to spend money from the fund for items outside the normal fund parameters. “So a couple of things. I will find everything out of that other than the full time, which I did put in that ordinance, my part time and then supplies, anything else that needs to come out of that that's outside the perimeter of that perpetuation fund, normal usage,” Debbie said.
She told the commissioners the larger amount is intended to cover the possibility of a catastrophic expense and that any amount approved and requested by Dec. 31 would be the limit of what her office could use in 2026 from that ordinance. Debbie also clarified that purchases required for basic office operations — for example, replacement computers needed for recording operations — are considered outside the perpetuation-fund request and would not require this ordinance.
County legal staff earlier summarized that the county had received an affidavit and that an ordinance would be available for the commission to consider. Debbie was asked to provide a notarized and executed affidavit within approximately two weeks so staff could proceed.
